1. IHT The 'legacy' question trails Bush on his European Tour
2. BBC Bush and Brown's warning to Iran
3. BBC Bush compliments Sarkozy on wife
4. Washington Post On European tour, Bush visits Queen Elizabeth II

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For an update of Bush's European farewell tour see this IHT article.

The main aim of the tour is to bolster support for clamping down on Iran.

UPDATE: Roger Cohen of the New York Times comments on the lack of protests over Bush's visit. Not so long ago, Bush was greeted with massive protests whenever he went to Western Europe. Europeans not even bothering to protest the vilified George W. is a clear sign that his lame-duck status has taken effect.
UPDATE 2: Soon after updating this post I read this foxnews article about Italians protesting Bush's visit to Rome.

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The Weekly Standard has an interesting piece, In the Driver's Seat, on the bureaucratic maneuvering of Sec. of State Rice. The focus of the article is mainly on North Korean policy and it posits that Rice and Assistant Sec. Hill circumvented interagency protocol to conduct bilateral negotiations. Of additional interest is a description of Rice's role in the strategy debates immediately after 9/11 -- stating that Rice acted as a referee between State and DoD. The article takes a hard-line stance that America should not be negotiating with nefarious regimes like North Korea and criticizes Rice in that vein.

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